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Design for a democratic society was a matter of urgency in
bombed-out postwar Europe. Swiss sociologist, journalist, professor
and founding father of strollology Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003)
pioneered the interdisciplinary analysis of man-made environments,
and thereby highlighted both the visible and invisible aspects of
our cities and social relations. Acutely aware of how our
interventions and decisions shape the world, and how the changing
world in turn, shapes us, his life-long focus was not only the
prerequisites of architecture, urban planning and design but also
their long-term impact. Teaching and practice still owe much to his
work. Thus, the first selection of Lucius Burckhardt's texts to
appear in English, introduces his groundbreaking theory of
environmental design, in retrospective tribute to a prescient
thinker.
From the 1950s, Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) focused on planning,
design, and construction in a democracy. His astute observations
and critical analysis have had a fundamental effect on the design
of our environment, on teaching in the architectural/planning
professions, and on our understanding of what "city" means. His
research, which - between mighty commercial interests and
conflicting political aspirations focuses on the benefit for the
entire population - is indispensable when and wherever buildings
are planned, designed, built, and inhabited. With a new selection
of texts, this book ploughs a furrow through Lucius Burckhardt's
theory of planning.
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